Movie attendance in the U.S. declined 25% last weekend, with industry sources blaming the Aurora shootings. But the Olympics was the real reason. Why pay money to see the Dark Knight, Ice Age or other blockbusters when synchronized swimming and
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Say the words “school fund raising” and the first thing most people think of is “bake sale.” This, despite the fact that school bake sales have come under fire in recent years as contributors to an unhealthy school environment, which
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Last week, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission voted 8-7 against providing $4 million in regional transit funds to cover the $9 million cost to SF Muni to provide free service for youth for 22 months. All of San Francisco’s representatives backed
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Why do we get sick and how do we get well were the enormously complex and controversial questions explored by a gathering of labor and community activists, health policy experts and academics attending a one-day conference at the University of
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Last week I saw The Intouchables, a French movie about the adventures of a quadripalegic aristocrat and the African immigrant from the projects he hires as an attendant. This week, I saw the film’s advertisement on the bottom of the
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Debra Saunders, in her latest SFGate column, takes us on a joyride with the corporate spinmeisters now benefiting from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizen’s United, the landmark case that equates speech with money in the most blatant way yet,
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